Improved coat and hat rack



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL MAGFEBBAN AND STEPHEN USTCK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENN- SYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS TO SAMUEL MAOFARBEN, OF THE SAME PLACE.

IMPROVED COAT AND HAT RACK.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 46,528, dated February 21, 1865.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL MAGEEREAN and STEPHEN USTICK, of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hat-Backs 5 and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,

in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the improved rack. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the bar A. Fig. 3,isa side view of a hook, B. Fig. 4 is a side view ofa :modified form ofthe bar A. Fig. 5 is an end view ofthe same.

Like letters in all the iigures represent the same parts.

The nature of our invention will be understood by the following description A is abar to which the several hooks for holding hats, coats, &o., are attached. The said bar we make as to its end View in the form of a segment of acircle, and placethereon any convenient number of hooks B, the eyes vc of the hooks corresponding as to size and form with the said bar, so that they may beeasily slipped on thelatter, (see Fig. 3,) which is aside view of one of the hooks. U C are brackets for the purpose of securing the bar to the wall. The said brackets t on the ends of the bar and are secured thereto by means of screws b b, which pass through the holes c in the ears d d. There are other ears, e e, which have screw-holes ff for the purpose of confining the brackets to the wall. In order to lessen the number of pieces in the rack we combine hooks B Bl with the brackets C C, as represented in Fig. 1. '1l/he said hooks may be cast fast to their respective brackets; but, for the sake of convenience in molding, we usually cast them separately and rivet them on. The bar A we usually make from twenty-four to thirty inches long for convenience in transportation, and put two or more bars together for longer racks, the end of one bar coming against the adjacent end of the next, and for the purpose of securing the brackets C to each we form two ears, d, d, to each bracket, as represented in Fig.v 1.

Figs. 4 and 5 represent a modified form of the bar A, the form being elliptical to prevent the hooks turning, instead of a segment of a circle, and the eyes c of the hooks B corre-` sponding therewith.

Having thus 'fully described our improvement in hatracks, what We claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

rlhe combination ofthe segmental or elptical bar A, the hook B, the bracket G,`and A hook B', substantially in the manner described, and for the purpose above set forth.

1n testimony that the above is our invention, we hereunto set our hands and affix our seals this 27th day of December, 1864.

sAML. MAGEEEEAN. [Ls] STEPHEN UsTIoK. {Ls} Witnesses:

JOHN S. LAs'r, DAVID BEITLER. 

